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The Palace to Princess Climb

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1, Canongate, Holyrood, Old Town, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BX, United Kingdom
Uncategorised

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Climb Profile

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35 m50 m60 m75 m1.7% from 0 m to 6 m1.1% from 6 m to 32 m0.3% from 32 m to 66 m1.3% from 66 m to 90 m0.9% from 90 m to 111 m1.0% from 111 m to 132 m1.0% from 132 m to 141 m0.4% from 141 m to 167 m-1.7% from 167 m to 197 m-2.5% from 197 m to 221 m0.8% from 221 m to 247 m2.0% from 247 m to 272 m3.6% from 272 m to 294 m2.9% from 294 m to 308 m3.0% from 308 m to 325 m-1.2% from 325 m to 341 m2.3% from 341 m to 359 m3.9% from 359 m to 374 m3.6% from 374 m to 385 m5.8% from 385 m to 404 m6.5% from 404 m to 415 m8.2% from 415 m to 424 m11.5% from 424 m to 434 m-11.9% from 434 m to 441 m11.1% from 441 m to 444 m11.8% from 444 m to 448 m13.7% from 448 m to 453 m13.3% from 453 m to 456 m13.9% from 456 m to 459 m14.3% from 459 m to 464 m11.1% from 464 m to 468 m9.2% from 468 m to 478 m-1.4% from 478 m to 485 m0.0% from 485 m to 506 m-1.1% from 506 m to 523 m-2.0% from 523 m to 538 m0.7% from 538 m to 553 m2.0% from 553 m to 568 m4.2% from 568 m to 579 m5.2% from 579 m to 591 m4.7% from 591 m to 604 m3.3% from 604 m to 616 m-1.0% from 616 m to 626 m2.1% from 626 m to 635 m5.7% from 635 m to 648 m3.4% from 648 m to 660 m1.8% from 660 m to 671 m4.1% from 671 m to 683 m5.3% from 683 m to 695 m3.9% from 695 m to 707 m5.0% from 707 m to 719 m5.3% from 719 m to 732 m5.0% from 732 m to 745 m5.7% from 745 m to 755 m3.7% from 755 m to 768 m5.6% from 768 m to 781 m6.0% from 781 m to 794 m6.3% from 794 m to 807 m3.8% from 807 m to 820 m3.5% from 820 m to 834 m2.8% from 834 m to 849 m2.4% from 849 m to 861 m1.4% from 861 m to 876 m0.8% from 876 m to 889 m0.7% from 889 m to 902 m-1.5% from 902 m to 916 m-0.8% from 916 m to 928 m-3.3% from 928 m to 940 m-3.7% from 940 m to 954 m-3.6% from 954 m to 967 m-2.9% from 967 m to 981 m-2.0% from 981 m to 996 m-2.4% from 996 m to 1.0 km-2.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-3.1% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-2.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-1.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km0.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km16.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km13.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km15.1% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km14.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km6.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-1.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-5.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-4.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-9.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-9.5% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-8.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-0.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km3.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km1.7% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km4.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0%4%3%1%3%-1%3%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.64 km / 1.02 miles
Elevation gain31.4 m / 103 ft
Average gradient1.9%
Maximum gradient14.5%
Elevation high74.73 m / 245 ft
Elevation low38.89 m / 128 ft
Climb difficulty score3,136.79

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,495,903rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 148,937th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 15,662nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 720th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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Ranking 12th out of 38 cycling climbs in Old Town.

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